> I don't think everywhere needs to metropolize Under the current state of California's pretty massive housing shortage, one city refusing to build housing jus

> I don't think everywhere needs to metropolize Under the current state of California's pretty massive housing shortage, one city refusing to build housing just increases the financial burden on everyone else, and on top of that almost every city has, for decades, actively refused to densify in a reasonable manner. That's why the state has started with city-by-city explicit housing goals (with San Francisco looking like it will be the first city to hit the point of 'or else' penalties pretty soon). > I'm not convinced doing so will even have an effect on housing costs It's extremely straightforward supply and demand. It will take a while to catch up, though, because the country as a whole is still millions of housing units in the hole from decades of under-building.